Left Southampton on the 2nd December, 1854
and arrived in Port Adelaide on the 7th March, 1855.
No deaths nor births took place on the voyage. This has
not occurred in a Government emigrant ship since the
year 1850, when the barque British Empire arrived under
the same circumstances.
The Norman arrived in apparently
very excellent order, the passage decks were clean and
the people seemed a respectable and well selected class
of persons. Unfortunately, however, there was a want
of good feeling and mutual co-operation between the master
and the surgeon-superintendent of the ship. The surgeon-superintendent
refused to sign the certificate that the charter party
had been fulfilled ; and many complaints, and some of
serious character, were made by the emigrants. In consequence
of this, the Immigration Board assembled, and sat several
days investigating the nature of the complaints ; and
on the 23rd of March, presented to His Excellency their
report. They found that two charges were clearly proved
against the master of the ship. 1st:- That there had
been indecent familiarities with one or more of the single
women ;
and 2nd:- That the emigrants had been annoyed
on crossing the line.
The twenty-third clause of the
charter
party expressly stipulates that the emigrants shall not
be molested on crossing the line; and that the master
of the ship shall strictly prohibit and prevent, on the
part of the crew or officers of the ship, any intercourse
whatever with the female passengers on board. That any
breach of either of those regulations will entail forfeiture
of the passage money, and of any gratuities which might
otherwise have been payable to the offenders.
The Board
stated that the familiarities of which the master in
their opinion was guilty, though no attempt was made
by his accusers to infer any criminal intention on his
part, were yet of a nature, which if permitted in an
emigrant ship, were calculated to lead to serious evil.
The Board had also full proof given them that many of
the emigrants had water pumped upon them by the fire
engine on crossing the line ; in consequence of which,
many of them were thoroughly drenched, and some of the
young women attributed a long continued illness to that
cause. It was clearly proved that all this was done with
the consent of the master. The Immigration Board gave
it as their opinion, that, in the two respects above
mentioned, the twenty third clause of the charter party
had been vitiated ; and that according to the stipulations
therein contained, the passage money was forfeited, as
well as the gratuity otherwise payable to the master
of the ship. But, during the investigation, it appeared
to the Board that there was a most unfortunate want of
good feeling and cordial co-operation between the master
and the surgeon of the ship.
The Board could not discover
that the surgeon gave warning to the master of the consequences
which would follow ; and though the master of the ship
ought not to have required warning to avoid the two errors
which he committed, yet the Board felt convinced, had
fair warning been given, that on arrival no such clauses
of complaint would have existed. They state, that it
was painfully evident to them during the investigation
that there was a vindictive feeling of the surgeon-superintendent
towards the master of the ship, and that the surgeon
had watched in silence the master compromising himself
and the charter party, without entering a protest, or
giving warning of an irregularity, that a repetition
would be followed by a formal complaint to the Colonial
Government.
The Immigration Board recommended that the
gratuity of the master of the ship should be withheld,
which they hoped would act as a warning to him to avoid
hereafter the errors which have now taken place ; as
in all other respects it appeared to the Board that he
acted
with kindness and consideration to the emigrants; and
although, according to the strict letter of the charter-party,
the passage money was forfeited, yet the board suggested
to His Excellency, that the Colonial Land and Emigration
Commissioners should be requested not to arrest the passage
money, as the Board thought that the object sought to
be obtained could be accomplished without such severity.
His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government
was pleased to approve of the report and of the suggestions
therein contained and to direct that a copy should be
forwarded to the Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners.

note: where maiden name
of
wife is indicated,
it has been included in the given name column within ( ) ; the passenger
list comprises three sections arranged alphabetically, i families,
ii single men, iii single women & children ; transcriber notes
in italics

Names

Age

Occupation

B-index

Residence

Remarks

Last

Given

Families

Allcock

John Ephraim

29

Agr. Labourer

12/3

Long Sutton, Lincoln

Elizabeth (Seamer)

25

Mary Elizabeth

4

Tom

1

Allen

David

24

Agr. Labourer

16/3

Cambridge

Sarah (Downes ?)

26

Mary

2

Baker

George

21

Agr. Labourer

60/3

Surrey

Mary A.

19

Bell

Joseph

59

Agr. Labourer

107/3

Blyborough, Lincoln

Sarah

59

Bowyer

Thomas Henry

44

Labourer

157/2

Cowlinge, Suffolk

Rebecca (Boot)

44

Henry

13

Sarah

11

Eliza

8

George

4

Hannah

inf

Boyse

Charles

36

Bricklayer

159/3

Kent

Susan

39

William

12

John

10

George

9

Bradley

George

22

Carpenter

161/1

St. George, Hanover Square, Middlesex

Elizabeth

24

Elizabeth (Dobbinson ?)

Brooks

Thomas

38

Agr. Labourer

184/1

Cambridge

Sarah

36

Rebecca

12

Buckwell

William

22

Agr. Labourer

198/2

Lewes, Sussex

Esther (Bailey)

24

Arthur

inf

Dean

Robert

40

Agr. Labourer

392/1

Lower Halstow, Kent

Emily (Seager)

32

Jane

11

Sarah

4

Denny

Mary

48

Domestic Servant

399/1

St. Marylebone, Middlesex

widow ? 1851 census, husband Thomas, age 54

Mary

17

Housemaid

Thomas

15

Errand Boy

Christopher

13

Catherine

5

Drayton

Joseph

30

Gardener

428/1

— ?

Susan

27

Mary

1

Dowling

William

24

Carpenter

424/3

Chelsea, Middlesex

Eliza (Page)

21

Gann

Austin

37

Agr. Labourer

546/2

Sutton St. Mary, Lincoln

Mary (Clay)

32

Elizabeth

9

Mary

7

Griffiths

John

34

Smith

620/3

Nottingham

Harriet (Wood)

25

Byron John

1

Gurney

Joseph

45

Agr. Labourer

630/2

Bury St. Edmunds St. James, Suffolk

Frances

39

Eliza

10

Frances

8

Frederick

5

Emma

2

Harmer

Thomas

19

Agr. Labourer

673/3

Erpingham, Norfolk

Alice Matilda (Franklin)

21

Heath

William

37

Carpenter

709/1

Nottingham St. Mary, Nottingham

Fanny (Brown)

35

John

12

Hebblewaite

Thomas

45

Carpenter

709/2

Surrey

Hebblethwaite / Hebblewhite ?

Eleanor

42

Jessie

11

Celia

8

George

5

Hutton

George

25

Agr. Labourer

805/1

Basingstoke, Hampshire

Jane (Trimmer)

18

Keen

William

24

Bricklayer

881/3

Islington, Middlesex

Sophia

28

Emma Sophia

1

Lamerton

William John

23

Bricklayer

949/1

St. George Southwark, Surrey

Mary (Hinchliffe)

21

Lander

James

53

Carpenter

949/3

St. Pancras, Middlesex

Harriet

39

Eliza

12

James

10

Lanthios / Lanthios

George

21

Carpenter

-

Bethnal Green, Middlesex

Jane (Cox)

23

Mason

George

22

Agr. Labourer

1033/1

Dunmow, Essex

Harriet (Webb)

21

Mason

John

41

Agr. Labourer

1033/2

Gedney, Lincoln

Susan

33

Clifton

George

9

step-son

Mason

Elizabeth

5

Caroline

1

Mills

Edward

30

Agr. Labourer

1113/2

Cambridge

Elizabeth

30

Paddle

George

43

Carpenter

1228/1

St Marylebone, Middlesex

Betty

37

Parsons

George

51

Labourer

1242/2

Dorset

Alice

57

Pearce

John

26

Agr. Labourer

1256/2

Jersey

Maria

24

Jane

4

Perry

William

33

Carpenter

1271/1

Middlesex

Charlotte (Cover ?)

38

Walter

2

Esther

inf

Pickett

William

25

Carpenter

1282/3

Middlesex

Sarah

23

Pink

Thomas

23

Carpenter

1286/3

Middlesex

Jane

27

Thomas

2

Eliza

1

Pywell

George

36

Agr. Labourer

1319/3

Thame, Oxford

Sarah

31

Esther

12

Ramsay / Ramsey

Joseph

43

Carter

1329/1

Ipswich St. Clement, Suffolk

Eliza (Stevens)

31

Joseph

11

Eliza

9

Allen

7

Henry

4

Robinson

Samuel

48

Shepherd

1373/1

Nottingham St. Mary, Nottingham

Elizabeth

47

Rollerson

James

28

Agr. Labourer

1382/3

Peterboro', Huntingdon

Sarah (Isaac)

21

Savage

George

23

Gardener

1430/3

Camberwell, Surrey

Hannah Rebecca (Tydeman)

23

Scott

William

38

Smith

1455/3

Derby St. Peter, Derbyshire

Mary

44

Agnes Mary

4

Smith

Edward

57

Agr. Labourer

1502/3

Betteshanger, Kent

1851 census, age 47

Mary

48

1851 census, age 44

James

12

John

9

Martha

7

Charles

2

Tanner

William

46

Agr. Labourer

1574/3

Boldre, Hampshire

Anna

50

Henrietta

12

Eli

9

Townsend

William

34

Sawyer

1616/1

Andover, Hampshire

1851 census, age 36

Sarah

47

Vowles

Henry

21

Carpenter

1653/2

Kensington, Middlesex

Ellen

22

Waterfield

Joseph

21

Agr. Labourer

1678/3

Lincoln

Anne

21

Wheatley

James John

28

Carpenter

-

Newington, Surrey

Sarah (Wallis)

28

Williams

William

30

Carpenter

1722/2

Middlesex

Caroline

31

William

4

Caroline

2

Williamson

John

65

Agr. Labourer

1723/3

Gedney, Lincoln

Mary

54

Willis

Stewart ?

32

Agr. Labourer

-

Essex

Emily

30

Wilkinson

John

30

Agr. Labourer

1712/3

Spilsby, Lincoln

Betsey (Toin)

30

Wiseman

Charles

42

Agr. Labourer

1733/3

Mulbarton, Norfolk

Emma

45

Names

Age

Occupation

B-index

Residence

Remarks

Last

Given

Single Men

Baker

James

16

Agr. Labourer

61/2

Surrey

with family

Bowyer

David

19

Agr. Labourer

147/2

Cowlinge, Suffolk

with parents

Brown

Edward

17

Dairyman

186/2

Kent

Foster

George

49

Agr. Labourer

-

Buckingham

with family

Fraser

Simon

24

Mason

-

Surrey

Gardiner

William

20

Agr. Labourer

-

Suffolk

Gurney

John

19

Agr. Labourer

630/2

Bury St. Edmunds St. James, Suffolk

with parents

Gurney

Joseph

17

Agr. Labourer

630/3

Bury St. Edmunds St. James, Suffolk

with parents

Hailes

Thomas

74

Agr. Labourer

-

Leighton, Huntingdon

with family (Johnson)

Heblewhaite

Alfred

17

Carpenter

-

Surrey

with parents

Johnson

Morris

16

Agr. Labourer

850/2

Leighton, Huntingdon

with grandfather Thomas Hailes

Lander

John

14

Errand Boy

949/3

St. Pancras, Middlesex

with parents

Moore

Richard

27

Bricklayer

1130/3

Middlesex

Thomson / Thompson

Robert

23

Baker

1602/3

Middlesex

Tilbrook

William

23

Agr. Labourer

-

Suffolk

Wallis

Benbow

17

Carpenter

1663/3

Newington, Surrey

brother of Sarah (Wallis) Wheatley

Williamson

William

16

Agr. Labourer

1724/1

Gedney, Lincoln

with parents (grandparents?)

Single Women

Baker

Elizabeth

19

Laundrymaid

Surrey

with family

Baker

Bertha

25

Cook

Surrey

with family

Bell

Jane

16

Nursemaid

Blyborough, Lincoln

with parents

Bowyer

Susanna

16

Servant

Cowlinge, Suffolk

with parents

Bresney

Ellen

26

Servant

Middlesex

Brooks

Emma

14

Nursemaid

Cambridge

with parents

Boniface

Elizabeth

28

Servant

Cambridge

Carroll

Sarah

20

Servant

Middlesex

Cleve

Mary

21

Servant

Middlesex

Cleve

Sarah

23

Servant

Middlesex

Davis

Caroline

19

Servant

Middlesex

Debor / Deboo

Emma

22

Servant

Middlesex

Dobinson

Margaret

26

Servant

Middlesex

Dodds

Martha

28

Servant

Middlesex

Driscoll

Kate

20

Servant

Middlesex

Edgworth

Mary A.

27

Servant

Gloucester

Foster

Jane

27

Servant

Buckingham

with family

Garyon

Bessy

19

Servant

Dublin

Heblewaite

Emma

22

Servant

Surrey

with parents

Heblewaite

Agnes

14

Servant

Surrey

with parents

Hall

Harriet

21

Servant

Middlesex

Hemmings

Eliza

18

Servant

Middlesex

Henby

Elizabeth

28

Servant

Kent

Hunt

Amelia

26

Servant

Middlesex

Johnson

Lucy

40

widow / Servant

Leighton, Huntingdon

with son Morris & father, Thomas Hailes

Johnson

Elizabeth

26

Servant

Middlesex

Johns

Matilda

31

Servant

Middlesex

Landers / Lander

Sarah

23

Servant

Middlesex

with family ?

McMahon

Eliza

19

Laundrymaid

Middlesex

McPherson

Elizabeth

25

Housemaid

Middlesex

McPherson

Flora

22

Housemaid

Middlesex

Murphy

Mary

27

Laundrymaid

Middlesex

Norton

Hannah

24

Servant

Middlesex

Painter

Elizabeth

47

Cook

Surrey

Perrett

Harriet

28

Housemaid

Middlesex

Pincher

Ellen

28

Servant

Middlesex

Pointen

Sophia

21

Servant

Middlesex

Pritchard

Mary A.

18

Weaver

Hampshire

Randell

Jane

19

Housemaid

Essex

Robinson

Sarah Ann

15

Servant

Nottingham St. Mary, Nottingham

with parents

Robinson

Lydia

20

Servant

Nottingham St. Mary, Nottingham

with parents

Smith

Mary

29

Servant

Middlesex

Speed

Martha

43

widow / Servant

Middlesex

Speed

Martha

23

Servant

Middlesex

Speed

Mary

21

Servant

Middlesex

Tanner

Eliza

14

Servant

Boldre, Hampshire

with parents

Taylor

Olivia

19

Servant

Middlesex

Wallis

Maria

24

Sevant

Newington, Surrey

sister of Sarah (Wallis) Wheatley

Webb

Winifred

24

Servant

Surrey

Williams

Elizabeth

22

Servant

Middlesex

Williamson

Eliza

15

Servant

Gedney, Lincoln

with grand-parents

Wood

Ruth

23

Servant

Middlesex

Wyatt

Mary

28

Servant

Middlesex

Sources: State
Library South Australia, official passenger lists, mainly of immigrants
arriving in South Australia under United
Kingdom assisted passage schemes, 1847-1886
GRG 35/48a (formely ACC 313); Sydney Shipping Gazette; South Australian Register;
The South Australian Government Gazette; GRG 35/48/2 Crown lands and
Immigrant ships papers; Biographical index SA 1836-1885 (the B-index column
indicates individuals who may be found in that index, with corresponding
reference
number for further research) ; FreeBMD ; 1851 UK census'